@RazorbackMGolf Slips In Standings At Isleworth Collegiate

BY ANDRES FOCIL

WINDERMERE, Fla. — The No. 20 University of Arkansas men’s golf team endured its toughest day of the fall season on Monday at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational, slipping to 15th place in a field that includes eight ranked teams. The Razorbacks opened the tournament on Sunday with a team score of one-under 287, but followed with a 307 on Monday. Arkansas will look for redemption in Tuesday’s final round which will begin at 8:15 a.m. The Razorbacks will go off No. 10 and play alongside No. 10 New Mexico and Texas Tech. Live scoring of the final round is available through www.GolfStat.com or www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com, while in-round Twitter updates can be found by following @RazorbackMGolf. Senior Sebastian Cappelen and sophomore Nicolas Echavarria turned in the low scores on the day for the Razorbacks with 75s. Cappelen is currently tied for 14th overall after firing a four-under 68 in the opening round, good for his eighth under-par round of the season. On Monday, Cappelen was ranked No. 26 in the most recent Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. He went the opening 28 holes of the tournament without a bogey. The other two counting scores came from junior Thomas Sorensen (78) and redshirt sophomore Kolton Crawford (79). Crawford and sophomore Taylor Moore were part of yesterday’s trio of par or lower rounds with 72s. No.1 Alabama stretched its lead to 11 strokes over No. 19 and host UCF with a 16-under 272 on Monday. No. 3 California (570) occupies the third spot, while No. 7 Illinois (573) and UNLV (574) round out the top five.Arkansas Lineup T14. Sebastian Cappelen — 68(-4)-75/143 T51. Nicolas Echavarria — 75-75/150 T55. Kolton Crawford — 72(E)-79/151 T59. Taylor Moore — 72(E)-80/152 T64. Thomas Sorensen — 75-78/153 Isleworth Collegiate Invitational Standings (Golf World/Nike Golf Ranking) 1. Alabama (1) — 280(-8)-272(-16)/552 (-24) 2. UCF (19) — 282(-6)-281(-7)/563 (-13) 3. California (3) — 284(-4)-286(-2)/570 (-6) 4. Illinois (7) — 284(-4)-289/573 (-3) 5. UNLV — 286(-2)-288(E)/574 (-2) 6. Florida State (RV) — 292-284(-4)/576(E) 7. Vanderbilt (T24) — 287(-1)-292/579 8. North Florida — 296-285(-3)/581 T9. TCU (RV) — 296-290/586 T9. Texas (14) — 288(E)-298/586 11. LSU (RV) — 288(E)-300/588 12. Augusta State — 293-296/589 13. New Mexico (10) — 297-293/590 14. Texas Tech — 301-291/59215. Arkansas (20) — 287(-1)-307/594